Posted on 12/12/2006 4:06:58 PM PST by kiriath_jearim
A teaching assistant was forced to hide her schoolboy lover in a wardrobe when they were almost caught having sex, a court has heard.
Linda Ginnetta left the 14-year-old shut away in her bedroom after their affair was nearly exposed when her daughter arrived home, a jury was told.
Married mother Ginnetta, 54, had allegedly begun a sexual relationship with the teenager while working at Hamilton Community College in Leicester.
She seduced the ‘shocked’ youngster by pinning him against an alleyway wall and kissing him following a trip to the cinema, it was claimed.
Their affair allegedly lasted for two years and ended only when the boy's parents quizzed him about sexual text-messages on his mobile phone.
Leicester Crown Court heard how Ginnetta gradually introduced the teenager to sex after touching him intimately when they went to see a film.
She rested her hand on his thigh during the picture and afterwards suddenly pushed him against a wall in an alley and kissed him, he told the jury.
Giving evidence, he said: "I thought she was messing around. I didn't know how to react. I was shocked. I had never had a passionate kiss before.
"It was very forceful - her body was pressed against mine. Her hands were all over my body, over the genital area. We walked back holding hands."
The teenager - who is no longer at school - added: "She said she wished she could have done more - and I said I wished we could as well."
The court heard the pair exchanged explicit texts for a number of weeks before Ginnetta performed a sex act on the youngster in her lounge.
The boy said they then started to have "full-on sex" several times a week - including romps in a field and at a spot known as Witches Cave.
He told the jury: "Linda would drink vodka and Coke and offer it to me. We would have a drink virtually every time before we had any sexual contact."
Sometimes, he said, they had to be content with only a few moments together - often outside her house while her husband and daughter were inside.
The boy told the court that before the affair began he had regarded Ginnetta simply as a "warm person" and felt comfortable confiding in her.
The jury heard that during their affair, which allegedly lasted until he was 16, she showered with him money, gifts and designer clothes.
Eventually the boy was confronted by his parents and, having initially denied it, broke down in tears and confessed to the relationship.
Ginnetta, of Sorrell Road, Hamilton, Leicester, denies 11 specimen charges of sexually abusing the teenager when he was aged from 14 to 16.
Opening the case, Caroline Bradley, prosecuting, told the jury: "This is an unusual and bizarre case involving the seduction of a 14-year-old boy.
"She had an obligation to look after him. But he was seduced by her, a much older and experienced woman, and he came to enjoy that relationship.
"Some may say it is every schoolboy's dream, but he became confused and didn't know how to stop it. At times he felt dirty and uncomfortable."
The court heard that when interviewed by police Ginnetta denied the affair and said she thought of the teenager as "being like a son".
She also denied a suggestion by the boy that she once hid him in her wardrobe when her daughter unexpectedly came home while they were having sex.
She told officers: "No way - I cannot believe he's saying this. He was like part of our family at that time. I don't understand. This is ridiculous." The trial continues.
Ping!
Can you find pictures for us?
I didn't see any on the website. I suppose if you did a Google... lol
Poor kid. A crime was comitted!
Waiting for the 'wish it was me' contingent to rise and shine...boy they'll be disappointed *LOL*
Put her in jail and throw away the key.
Totally guilty. It is horrible that people like this prey on our youth. She should be locked up for a long, long time. Shame on anyone who would think this is ok.
GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!
Beat her to death with the fugly stick!!!!
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